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423. Red

from Song Fu #5 by Manticess

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Our entry for the first round of Song Fu #5. The challenge was to write a song about on of John Hodgman's 700 mole men. We had no idea what to do with that, so we took some creative license here. Written and recorded on the spot in November 2009. We also made a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnbEyeLAZOk

lyrics

Walls to the left walls to the right
Shadows in the flickering light
At the front, at the back, everlasting night
No horizon in my sight

If only for a day, I could go another way

Dirt on my hands, dirt on my feet
We're shuffling on to the same old beat
Drops of wet, on my head
Here I'm stuck, poor old Red

I see it in in my dreams
There is more to the ceiling than it seems... (on the other side)
Than it seems... (on the other side)
And when I make it to the other side
I will embrace the sunlight
And finally I will see roses of red

They call me Red, since I was a kid
The joke got old but I live with it
They talk of colours, nice and clean
When black is all they've ever seen

If only I could spy a rainbow in the sky

There's no dusk, there's no dawn
Time keeps marching on and on
Hanging down, stalactite
Growing upwards, stalagmite

Somewhere there is a ladder
The only thing that matters to me now (on the other side)
To me now... (on the other side)
And when I make it to the other side
I will embrace the sunlight
And finally I will see roses of red

credits

from Song Fu #5, released December 14, 2009
Music and Lyrics by Susanne Wolff and Johannes Schult

Susanne Wolff: vocals
Johannes Schult: guitar

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